Ricerc@Sapienza

The present study examined the predictive role played by the three time perspective’s
dimensions (Present-Hedonistic, Present-Fatalistic and Future) on the satisfaction
with life and the mediational role of hope in adolescence, using cross-sectional data.
Participants were 675 adolescents (333 males and 342 females), with a mean age of
17.4 years (SD = .84). Adolescents lived in Rome and its surroundings regions and
attended the 3th or the 4th year of high school. A structural equation modeling was used.
The results shown that Present-Hedonistic predicts directly and indirectly (through agency)
the life satisfaction; Future and Present-Fatalistic predicts indirectly (through agency) the
life satisfaction; the Present-Hedonistic and Future predicted the pathway, but it does not
seem to play a role of mediator. This model is the same for males and females. These
results offers new useful guidance to adolescents’ counsellors and educators that should
endeavor to increase the hope of both Present and Future oriented adolescents.